Recently my wife and I spent eight days in Costa Rica, where the phrase Pura Vida was born. The literal translation is “pure life” and it loosely translates to “full of life” or “this is living.”…
Apathy abounds. More on discrimination in real estate.
There has been an almost eerie silence from leaders in the real estate space. A few have come out condemning discrimination. Most of those condemnations have no suggested action to take.
Denying discrimination won’t make it go away
If you don’t believe this investigation, if you don’t believe discrimination happens daily in your backyard, then you need to wake up and secure yourself a seat on the next train headed out of Fantasyland.
Why ‘coming soon’ listings need to be governed
Coming soon listings. For the love of EVERYTHING stop conflating them with pocket listings.
This one is for the real estate nerds…
Pocket listings are bad for consumers
Simply put, pocket listings are bad for consumers. Often confused with “Coming Soon,” like it or not, the MLS can make the rules.
Why dual agency should never happen
Dual agency, where one agent represents both the buyer and seller, has been in real estate forever.
And it really needs to go away